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4th formers 2nd END- OF- TERM Teachers : Mrs bach hamba

March 2014 TEST Mrs Chouchene


Mrs Herguem

Name: class: .. Mark ./20

The text :
1- Not many teenagers can say they have contributed to changing the world.
However, Emily Cummins has a credible claim. Last year, at the age of 19, she
was named innovator of the year in the British Female Inventors and
Innovators Awards for her solar evaporation refrigerator. It enables developing
countries to refrigerate medicines and food without electricity.

2-Cummins is now studying business at Leeds University, England. She began


inventing things in her grandfathers garden hut, at the age of four. He gave
her a hammer! And from then on whenever I visited him I spent hours in his
hut watching and helping him take scrap materials. He then turned them into
magnificent toys for me and my cousins. He would mess around, turning a
lawnmower into something else. With the leftover parts, he taught me and my
cousins how to use machinery, she says

3-I love being creative, therefore, I choose product design as one of my A-


levels subjects. I was put forward by my teacher for the Sustainable Design
Award competition for a sustainable water carrier I designed for my project. I
enjoyed the freedom of being able to research, develop and produce
something of my choice. I could excel in every competition I took part in. I was
thinking out of the box by the time I got to secondary school as I was using hi-
tech tools

4- For her technology course, she designed a toothpaste dispenser for her
other grand-father, who was unable to squeeze the tube. This brought her
the title of regional winner of the Young Engineer for Britain Award in 2003.
Driven by her concerns about climate change, Cummins came up with the idea
for her solar evaporation refrigerator at just 17. Having designed the fridge
and got it produced, she took it to Namibia after she had finished her school
exams to test it.

5-" What I love about inventing is the fact that you can solve a problem with a
design, get rewarded for it and help other people all at the same time," she
says.
Fanny Johnstone

The Guardian, Friday 1 February 2009


II/ LANGUAGE: (6 marks)

1 / Fill in the blanks with words from the list below (3 marks) (There are 2 extra
words)

more / fewer / companies / as well / Certainly / childcare / female /men

I'm not sure there is a glass ceiling to women's career aspirations. I think it's more about
individual women not putting themselves forward for those positions.
., in the business I work in, there are women in management positions
who do just as men. We have flexible working arrangements that
accommodate ..and family chores . So in general I'd say that's not
really a barrier in our business. I can imagine there are lots of smaller
where it's not possible to have those arrangements in place.
There's probably some merit to the idea that .workers have less
confidence than men maybe that is part of the reason why there are..
women in senior management. Personally, I'm quite a confident individual, but maybe
it's something about the way we're made up.

2/ Put the bracketed words in the correct form or tense (3 marks)

While many people believe that immigration is a personal choice that must be
understood and respected, others look at the phenomenon from a different perspective.
What makes those educated people leave their countries should be (serious)
...considered and a distinction between push and pull factors (must
/make) .. . The push factors include low wages and lack of satisfactory
working and living conditions. (Society) . unrest, political conflicts and
wars may also be determining causes.
Brain drain has negative impact. It reduces the number of dynamic and creative
people who can contribute to the (develop) ...of their country .

Most of the measures (take).... so far have not had any success in
(alleviate) .... the effects of brain drain. A more global view must take
into consideration the provision of adequate working and living conditions in the sending
countries.
Writing (12 marks)

Task 1: Develop the following notes to get a coherent paragraph about robots (4 marks)

1) Today most robot / used to do repetitive / boring actions / are dangerous for
humans.
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2) They use in factories / build things / cars , candy bars / electronics.
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3) Man use / robots / they are cheaper / more effective / human beings.
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4) Robots / get sick / never need / take a day off / they never complain!
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Task 2 :

Nowadays more youngsters are increasingly dependent on their cell phones , computer
games and social networking websites.

Write a12-line article to your school magazine in which you warn young people
about the serious effects of addiction on their health , school results , and social
relationships

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Name :.. Class : .

II/ READING COMPREHENSION: (12 marks)

1) Tick the correct alternative (1 mark)

The text is about:


a- A girl whose dream is to be an inventor has not come true
b- A girl whose family background helped her become an inventor
c- A girl whose invention turned into a curse

2) Correct the following false statement with reference to the text (3 marks)
A Emil received her first prize when she was in her 30s (p1)

b- Emily developed her interests in inventing at school (p2)

C- Emilys invention have no concern about environment (p4)

3) Pick out a sentence from paragraph 3 showing that Emily was proud of her
achievements. (1 mark)

5) Complete the following summary with words from the last three paragraphs
(3 marks)

Emily Cummins is an exceptional girl. She was several times for


her inventions. As a child, she could..at creating products. As she
was creative, she designed a solar evaporation fridge. Actually, her inventions showed
her great.....about the environment.

5) Find expressions having the same meaning as (2 marks)

a-To allow someone to do something (p 1)


..
b- To be imaginative and inventive (p3)
.

6) What does the underlined word in the text refer to? (1 marks)

This (paragraph 4 ) refers to : .

7) Helping a child achieve his /her potential is the role of the family alone. Do you
agree with this opinion? Why? Or why not ? (1 mark)

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